Islamic Movement in Israel

The Islamic Movement in Israel is an Islamist movement in Israel that aims to advocate Islam among Israeli Arabs and Circassians. The movement was established by Abdullah Nimar Darwish in 1971, and he led the movement until 1991, when Ibrahim Sarsur took over the movement. In 1996, the movement began to compete in Israeli elections, but the movement lacked coherence. It was divided into the moderate southern branch under Hamed Abu Daabas and the radical northern branch under Raed Salah, and the northern branch was banned by the Israeli government in November 2015 due to its close ties to Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood. It was speculated that the movement would resurface as an underground organization.